Movable cushion for couch-hammock backs and the like.



W. B. FOSTER.

MOVABLE CUSHION FOR COUCH HAMMOCK BACKS AND THE LIKE.

APPLFCATION FILED NOVJT. 1914.

1 ,27O,8O7. v Patented July 2,1918.

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ATTORNEYS W. B. FOSTER MOVABLE C USHION FOR COUCH HAMMOCK BACKS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-. 27.19M- 1,270,807. Patented July 2,1918.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I i

WILLIAM B. FOSTER, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FOSTER BROTHERS MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

MOVABLE CUSHION FOR COUCH-HAMMOCK BACKS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1918.

Application filed November 27, 1914. Serial No. 874,141.

' companying drawings, and to the referencenumerals marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The purpose of my present invention is to provide a movable cushion for couch hammock backs and similar articles which shall be of improved construction and adapted to add to the comfort and use of such ham mocks.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide a movable cushion which in one position will extend its upholstered or cushioned surface in a forward direction fromthe back rod or back frame of the hammock and which may be readily shifted or swung about said back rod to a position to the rear of said back rod.

A further pu ose of this invention is to provide a hinge ly mounted back cushion so constructed and mounted that the occupant may at will have a well padded cushion extending some distance forward of the backrod of the hammock or by sim le movement may have a relatively flat sur ace practicall on a line with the said back rod. I

A lrther purpose is to combine with such a swinging back cushion a flexible back orcushion in forward position.

1 is a detail vertical sect onal view on hue 4-4 of Fig. 3,

one end of the back rod and the movable cushion with the Referring to the drawings in a more particular description my invention is illustrated as used in connection with a couch hammock having a main frame 10 supported in any suitable way as by chains 11 and having a back frame or rod 12 which may preferably be composed of a rod or section oftpipe extending the length of the hammock and supported above the frame work 10 of the hammock by means of its ends 13 being turned down and extended to the frame work of the hammock. As illustrated in the drawings the back rod is supported in movable relation to the main frame 10 by means of the lower ends of the back frame being pivotally connected to the main frame 10 while an arm 15 having its lower end pivotally connected to the main frame 10 at 14 has its upper and rearward end provided with a serles of notches 16 any one of which is adapted to engage an outwardly extending button 17 on the end rod 13 of the back frame.

I have illustrated my invention in connection with a hammock having its back frame in adjustable relation to its main frame, but it will be understood that I do not limit the application of my invention to use in connection with such a movable back frame as it will be obvious that the movable cushion contemplated by my invention is as applicable to a couch hammock or the like having a rigid back frame.

To the top of the back frame of the hammock or to the back rod 12 is hingedly 0 mounted the relatively flat side or basis 18 of a cushion 19 which has its-opposite surface 20 spaced the desired distance from the basis of the cushion and held in outward or crowning form in a yielding or resilient 5 be formed by straps 23 having their ends 1 firmly secured to the cushion basis as by rivets 24 while the central part of the straps is formed with a rounding offset 25 closely fitting or straddling the round back rod 12 as is clearly shown 1n Fi are rovided to prevent t e cushion 19 moving ongitudinally of the back rod 12 which means may conveniently be short pins 26 projecting from'the back rod 12 on opposite Sides f one or more f the strap 2 2 and 3. Means 1 5 tween the end rods 13 of the back frame to hammock.

' from forward to rearward position operates flat side will rest against the front of the endrods 13 when the cushion is in forward position and will rest against the rear side of said end rods 13 when the cushion is in rearward position.

This movable cushion may also be readily combined with or used as a convenient support for a canvas or other flexible back or wind shield to fill the space between the seat of the hammock and the lower edge of the movable cushion. The upper edge 27 of such flexible back or wind shield 28 is secured in any desired manner to that edge of the movable cushion which is downward when the cushion is in forward position. With the cushion in this position the flexi ble back 28 depends from said cushion bea point considerably below the seat of the The moving of the cushion 20 to raise what was the lower edge of the cushion to be its upper edge and so bodily moves the flexible back 28 upward to the position shown in Fig. 2 where said flexible back extends from the upper edge of the cushion down in front of the flat or base side of the cushion'and in front of the back rod 12 and the hinge straps 23 and then. hangs downward to a point to the rear of and sufficiently below the seat to effectively close the back of the hammock.

The arrangement of the movable back upon the back rod is such .that the back cushion of its own-weight aided by the friction of the hinge tends to remain in either forward or backward position as once adjusted, but the cushion is so balanced upon the back rod that if. an occupant of the hammock de sires to tilt the.cushion from forward position to an angle part way back it may readily be done by'pressure of the shoulders or head against the cushion. I

I have illustrated the couch hammock in the drawings as being provided with a back rest 29 that may lie substantially flat upon the main frame as shown in Fig. 1 or that ma be raised to desired position as shown in ig. 2. Furthermore this back rest may be provided with anextension head rest 30 supported in movable relation to the back rest 29 as shownin Figs. 1 and2. Where a couch hammock is provided with such a movable back orhead rest my invention of a movable back cushion is particularly advantageous as it allows a cushion for the back to project sufliciently forward to be comfortable when the person is sitting in the hammock with his back to the back of the hammock and provides means for moving this cushion out of the way of the back rest or head rest when the same are to be raised to elevated position such as shown in Fig. 2. If the back cushion were not thus movable either the cushion would have to be thinner or the back framev moved back when it is desired to elevate the back rest or head rest from the main frame of the hammock. My arrangement also enables me to use a back rest or head rest of the full width of the main frame of the hammock.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a seat, a back rod above the rear of the seat, end rods pivotally connected at their lower ends to the seat and at their upper ends holding the back rod swingingly spaced from the seat, means to hold the end rods at desired angle to the seat and a body-support of considerable thickness pivotally mounted upon said back rod with one side immediately adjacent said back rod and adapted to forma body-engaging surface when turned to upright position toward the seat, the other side adapted when turned to upright position toward the seat to form a body-engaging surface extending farther toward said seat.

2. The combination with a seat of a rod above one edge thereof, a body-support of considerable thickness and pivotally mounted upon said rod with one side relatively fiat and unyielding and immediately adjacent said rod and adapted to form a bodyengaging surface when turned to upright position toward the seat, the other side of said body-support being yielding and adapt ed when turned to upright position toward the seatto form a yielding body-engaging surface extending farther toward said seat and a sheet of flexible material depending from the body-support and forming a closure between the body-support and the seat at both positions of the body-support.

3. The combination with a seat of a rod above one ed e thereof, a body-support of considerable t ickness and pivotally mounted upon said rod with one side relatively fiat andunyielding and immediately adjacent said rod and adapted to form abodyengaging surface when turned to upright position toward the seat, the other side of said body-support being yielding and adapted when turned to upright position toward the seat toform a yielding body-engaging surface extending farther toward said seat and a sheet of flexible material de pending from the lower part of the bodysupport when the yielding side is toward the seat and covering the flat side of the bodysupport and the back rod when said flat side is toward the seat, said flexible member at both positions of the body-support forming a closure between the body-support and the seat.

4. In a couch hammock or the like, the combination of a.sea't, a back rod above the rear edge thereof, a cushion having a relatively flat surface hingedly supported on said rod and an opposite resilient surface away from said rod, said cushion being adapted to be swung about said rod to a position in front of or back of said rod so that either surface may form the back-engaging surface and a flexible back depending from the bottom of said cushion when the cushion is in forward position and covering the flat side of the said cushion and the back rod when the cushion is in rearward position, said flexible member at any position of the cushion forming a closure between the cushion and the seat.

In witness whereof I have afiixed my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 4th day of Nov., 1914.

WILLIAM B. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

HARRIET WILmAMs, W. A. STONE. 

